The weak suburban to rural areas there tends to be population declines, limited county and city budgets with no growth, old buildings in need of repairs, more government assistance aid to prop up the economies etc.I see mainly local investors go to those areas.

I'd call the county Sherriff and the courthouse- usually they have some sort of legal aid there and propose the situation as if you have already purchased the property and are looking for advice.

As for property managers, I used to do landscaping work for Ground Floor PM and AI Enterprises.

i love how the landlord decided the house needed painting, then stuck you with the bill. must be nice to have no conscience.in reality, there is no obligation on your end to pay for painting unless you requested the paint. you should tell the landlord, in kind words, that its his responsibility. i imagine your sec 8 rep can help you. if not, many locales have free or reduced legal aid for tenants. you can look into this too.

I came to the BP website on June 6, on June 7 I became a PRO member.Here we are today.We are in the process of cash out refi-ing our home (appraised at 175k in the end) to aid in buying some small multifamily properties.

One simple formula aided me: Return on Equity.

I currently have a HELOC on my primary residence and plan on using it to aid in a first purchase.

If this is how it was presented to you, how do you know the "fixes" will actually fix anything and not just be band-aids or cover-ups good enough for photos?

@Anna Warren having MLS Access, Access to CoStar, and relationships with agents can aid in easing the process and being efficient.

Hi Matthew, my company actually was built to help all types of managers from people who just own a couple rentals to large enterprise companies deal with their regular maintenance problems.